Hard coat laminate film

ABSTRACT

Embodiments provide a hard coat laminate film that has, in order from a surface layer side, layers of a first hard coat and a transparent resin film. According to at least one embodiment, the first hard coat contains (A) 100 parts by mass of a multifunctional (meth)acrylate including 20 mass % or more of tripentaerythritol acrylate, and (B) 0.01-7 parts by mass of a (meth)acryloyl group-containing fluoropolyetherbased water repellent, and is formed from a paint not containing inorganic particles. The thickness of the hard coat laminated film is 5-60 μm. Component (A) may be a mixture of: tripentaerythritol acrylate; and at least one selected from the group consisting of dipentaerythritol acrylate, monopentaerythritol acrylate, and polypentaerythritol acrylate.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims the benefit of and priority toPCT/JP2017/001027, filed on Jan. 13, 2017, entitled (translation) “HARDCOAT LAMINATE FILM,” which claims the benefit of and priority toJapanese Patent Application No. 2016-006936, filed on Jan. 18, 2016,which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety into thisapplication.

BACKGROUND Field

Embodiments relate to a hard coat laminated film. More specifically,embodiments relate to a hard coat laminated film excellent in abrasionresistance and surface appearance.

Description of Related Art

In recent years, touch panels, which are installed on an image displaydevice such as a liquid crystal display, a plasma display and anelectroluminescence display and enable input by touching with fingers, apen or the like while watching displayed objects, have become popular.

For a display faceplate in a touch panel, articles using glass as thesubstrate have been conventionally used because they meet the requiredproperties such as heat resistance, dimensional stability, hightransparency, high surface hardness and high stiffness. On the otherhand, glass has disadvantages such as a low impact resistance andconsequent fragility; a low processability; difficulty in handling; ahigh specific weight and a consequent heavy weight; and difficulty insatisfying the demand for a curved or flexible display. Thus, materialsas a substitute for glass are actively being studied, and many hard coatlaminated films have been proposed in which a hard coat excellent inabrasion resistance is formed on the surface of a transparent resin filmsubstrate formed of triacetylcellulose, polyethylene terephthalate,polycarbonate, polymethyl methacrylate, a norbornene polymer or the like(e.g., see JP-A-2013-208896, JP-A-2012-062385, and JP-A-2007-536409).However, the abrasion resistance is still insufficient in each of them.There has been required a hard coat laminated film which is notscratched even if repeatedly rubbed with steel wool or the like.

SUMMARY

An object of the various embodiments of the subject application is toprovide a hard coat laminated film excellent in abrasion resistance andsurface appearance.

As a result of intensive studies, the above object can be achieved by ahard coat laminated film having a specific configuration according tovarious embodiments described below.

According to at least one embodiment, there is provided a hard coatlaminated film including, in order from a surface layer side, a firsthard coat and a transparent resin film layer, where the first hard coatis formed by a coating material including: (A) 100 parts by mass of amultifunctional (meth)acrylate including 20 mass % or more oftripentaerythritol acrylate; and (B) 0.01 to 7 parts by mass of a(meth)acryloyl group-containing fluoropolyether water repellent, and notcontaining inorganic particles; and where the thickness of the hard coatlaminated film ranges from 5 to 60 μm.

According to at least one embodiment, the (A) multifunctional(meth)acrylate includes 20 mass % or more of tripentaerythritol acrylateis a mixture of tripentaerythritol acrylate; and at least one selectedfrom the group consisting of dipentaerythritol acrylate,monopentaerythritol acrylate, and polypentaerythritol acrylate.

According to at least one embodiment, the hard coat laminated filmsatisfies the following property (i): (i) the hard coat laminated filmis placed on a Gakushin-type tester in accordance with JIS L 0849:2013so that the first hard coat is on the surface side, a steel wool of#0000 is attached to a rubbing finger of the Gakushin-type tester, aload of 500 g is then applied, the surface of the first hard coat isreciprocatingly rubbed 9000 times, and when the rubbed portion isvisually observed, no scratch is found.

According to at least one embodiment, the transparent resin film is atransparent multilayer film with a first poly(meth)acrylimide resinlayer (α1); an aromatic polycarbonate resin layer (β); and a secondpoly(meth)acrylimide resin layer (α2) directly laminated in this order.

According to at least one embodiment, there is provided the use of thehard coat laminated film described above for a member in an imagedisplay device.

According to at least one embodiment, there is provided an image displaydevice including the hard coat laminated film described above.

Embodiments provide non-obvious advantages over the conventional art.For example, the hard coat laminated film according to at least oneembodiment is excellent in abrasion resistance and surface appearance.Therefore, the hard coat laminated film can be suitably used for amember in an image display device such as a liquid crystal display, aplasma display and an electroluminescence display (including an imagedisplay device with a touch panel function and an image display devicewith no touch panel function), particularly for a display faceplate inan image display device with a touch panel function.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing an example of a hard coatlaminated film according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for describing a radius of curvature.

FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram of a film forming apparatus used inExamples.

FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram of a UV irradiator used in Examples.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The hard coat laminated film according to at least one embodimentincludes a first hard coat and a transparent resin film layer in orderfrom a surface layer side.

First Hard Coat

According to at least one embodiment, the first hard coat usuallyconstitutes the surface of the hard coat laminated film. In the casewhere the hard coat laminated film according to at least one embodimentis used for a display faceplate in an image display device with a touchpanel function, the first hard coat functions as a touch surface. Thefirst hard coat exhibits satisfactory scratch resistance and functionsto prevent scratching even if repeatedly rubbed with steel wool or thelike.

The first hard coat is formed from a coating material including: (A) 100parts by mass of a multifunctional (meth)acrylate including 20 mass % ormore of tripentaerythritol acrylate; and (B) 0.01 to 7 parts by mass ofa (meth)acryloyl group-containing fluoropolyether based water repellent,and not containing inorganic particles.

The inorganic particles (e.g., silica (silicon dioxide); metal oxideparticles formed of aluminum oxide, zirconia, titania, zinc oxide,germanium oxide, indium oxide, tin oxide, indium tin oxide, antimonyoxide, cerium oxide or the like; metal fluoride particles formed ofmagnesium fluoride, sodium fluoride or the like; metal sulfideparticles; metal nitride particles; and metal particles) are highlyeffective in enhancing the hardness of a hard coat. On the other hand,the weak interaction between inorganic particles and a resin componentsuch as component (A) results in an insufficient abrasion resistance.Thus, according to at least one embodiment, the first hard coat isformulated so as not to contain inorganic particles.

Here, “not containing” inorganic particles means not containing asignificant amount of inorganic particles. In the field of coatingmaterials for forming a hard coat, the significant amount of inorganicparticles is typically about 1 part by mass or more based on 100 partsby mass of component (A). Therefore, “not containing” inorganicparticles can be represented otherwise as follows: the amount ofinorganic particles is typically 0 part by mass or more and less than 1part by mass, preferably 0.1 part by mass or less and more preferably0.01 part by mass or less based on 100 parts by mass of component (A).

(A) Multifunctional (Meth)Acrylate Including 20 Mass % or More ofTripentaerythritol Acrylate

The multifunctional (meth)acrylate includes 20 mass % or more of atripentaerythritol acrylate of component (A) is a (meth)acrylate havingtwo or more (meth)acryloyl groups in one molecule, wherein the(meth)acrylate having two or more (meth)acryloyl groups in one moleculeincludes tripentaerythritol acrylate in an amount of 20 mass % or more,preferably 40 mass % or more and more preferably 50 mass % or more.Component (A) may include tripentaerythritol acrylate in an amount of100 mass % or less, or less than 100 mass %, or 90 mass % or less, or 80mass % or less. Here, the mass ratio of tripentaerythritol acrylate isbased on 100 mass % of the sum of components (A). The term(meth)acrylate herein means acrylate or methacrylate. Since component(A) has two or more (meth)acryloyl groups in one molecule, it serves toform a hard coat through polymerization/curing with an active energy raysuch as a UV ray and an electron beam.

Component (A) is more preferably a mixture of tripentaerythritolacrylate and at least one selected from the group consisting ofdipentaerythritol acrylate, monopentaerythritol acrylate, andpolypentaerythritol acrylate. Here, the content of tripentaerythritolacrylate in the above mixture is 20 mass % or more, preferably 40 mass %or more, and more preferably 50 to 80 mass %, assuming that the sum ofthe respective components is 100 mass %. In another embodiment, thecontent of tripentaerythritol acrylate in the above mixture may be 20 to80 mass % or 40 to 80 mass %, assuming that the sum of the respectivecomponents is 100 mass %.

The tripentaerythritol acrylate is a compound having a structure inwhich three pentaerythritol acrylates are linked, and has 8 or 7 (when ahydroxyl group remains at a terminal end) acryloyl groups. That is, thetripentaerythritol acrylate refers to tripentaerythritol heptaacrylate,tripentaerythritol octaacrylate, or a mixture thereof (mass ratio 0:100to 100:0). The general structure of multifunctional pentaerythritolacrylate is shown in the following formula (1). Here, n is an integer of0 or more, and R is —H or —COCH═CH₂. Although a molar ratio of—H:—COCH═CH₂ in R is not particularly limited, it is usually from 40:60to 80:20 from a viewpoint of optimization of viscosity of a coatingmaterial to be obtained, more typically may be from 50:50 to 70:30. Whenn=2 in the following formula (1), tripentaerythritol heptaacrylate ortripentaerythritol octaacrylate is represented.

The dipentaerythritol acrylate is a compound having a structure in whichtwo pentaerythritol acrylates are linked, and has 6 or 5 (when ahydroxyl group remains at a terminal end) acryloyl groups (n=1).

The monopentaerythritol acrylate has 4 or 3 (when a hydroxyl groupremains at a terminal end) acryloyl groups (n=0).

The polypentaerythritol acrylate is a compound having a structure inwhich four or more pentaerythritol acrylates are linked. Assuming thatthe number of linkages is N (=n+1), the polypentaerythritol acrylate has(2N+2) or (2N+1) (when a hydroxyl group remains at a terminal end)acryloyl groups. Although the upper limit of N is theoretically notparticularly limited, it may be usually 6 or less from viewpoints ofoptimization of viscosity of a coating material containing this compoundand the possibility of actual synthesis.

Component (A) may include other multifunctional (meth)acrylates besidestripentaerythritol acrylate, dipentaerythritol acrylate,monopentaerythritol acrylate, and polypentaerythritol acrylate. Althoughsuch other multifunctional (meth)acrylates are not particularly limited,examples thereof may include (meth)acryloyl group-containingbifunctional reactive monomers such as diethylene glycoldi(meth)acrylate, neopentyl glycol di(meth)acrylate, 1,6-hexanedioldi(meth)acrylate, polyethylene glycol di(meth)acrylate,2,2′-bis(4-(meth)acryloyloxypolyethyleneoxyphenyl)propane and2,2′-bis(4-(meth)acryloyloxypolypropyleneoxyphenyl)propane;(meth)acryloyl group-containing trifunctional reactive monomers such astrimethylolpropane tri(meth)acrylate, trimethylolethanetri(meth)acrylate and ethoxylated trimethylolpropane tri(meth)acrylate;(meth)acryloyl group-containing tetrafunctional reactive monomers suchas ditrimethylol propane tetra (meth)acrylate and pentaerythritoltetra(meth)acrylate; (meth)acryloyl group-containing hexafunctionalreactive monomers such as dipentaerythritol hexaacrylate; and polymers(oligomers and prepolymers) comprised of one or more of them asconstituent monomers. For the other polyfunctional (meth)acrylates, oneor a mixture of two or more of these illustrated compounds can be used.

(B) (Meth)Acryloyl Group-Containing Fluoropolyether Based WaterRepellent

Component (B) is a water repellent including a compound containing a(meth)acryloyl group and a fluoropolyether group in the molecule.Component (B) is clearly distinguished from component (A) in that itcontains a fluoropolyether group in the molecule. The multifunctional(meth)acrylate included in component (A) does not contain afluoropolyether group in the molecule. Herein, a compound containing twoor more (meth)acryloyl groups and containing a fluoropolyether group inone molecule is classified into component (B).

The (meth)acryloyl group-containing fluoropolyether based waterrepellent as component (B) serves to enhance the abrasion resistance,the finger slidability, the resistance to stain or fouling, and thewipeability against stain. Since component (B) has a (meth)acryloylgroup in the molecule, it is chemically bonded with component (A) orstrongly interacts with component (A), and troubles such as bleeding outare suppressed. Preferred for component (B) is an admixture of anacryloyl group-containing fluoropolyether based water repellant and amethacryloyl group-containing fluoropolyether based water repellant froma viewpoint of appropriately controlling the chemical bond or theinteraction between component (A) and component (B) to allow to exhibita good water repellency while keeping the transparency high.

The amount of the (meth)acryloyl group-containing fluoropolyether basedwater repellent as component (B) to be blended is typically 7 parts bymass or less, preferably 4 parts by mass or less, and more preferably 2parts by mass or less based on 100 parts by mass of component (A) from aviewpoint of preventing troubles such as the bleeding out of component(B). At the same time, the amount of the (meth)acryloyl group-containingfluoropolyether based water repellent as component (B) to be blended istypically 0.01 part by mass or more, preferably 0.05 parts by mass ormore, and more preferably 0.1 part by mass or more from a viewpoint ofobtaining the effect of use thereof. The amount of the water repellentto be blended may be typically 0.01 part by mass or more and 7 parts bymass or less, and preferably be 0.01 part by mass or more and 4 parts bymass or less, or 0.01 part by mass or more and 2 parts by mass or less,or preferably 0.05 parts by mass or more and 7 parts by mass or less, or0.05 parts by mass or more and 4 parts by mass or less, or 0.05 parts bymass or more and 2 parts by mass or less, or preferably 0.1 part by massor more and 7 parts by mass or less, or 0.1 part by mass or more and 4parts by mass or less, or 0.1 part by mass or more and 2 parts by massor less.

It is preferable that the coating material for forming the first hardcoat further includes a compound having two or more isocyanate groups(—N═C═O) in one molecule and/or a photopolymerization initiator from aviewpoint of improved curability with an active energy ray.

Examples of the compound having two or more isocyanate groups in onemolecule may include methylenebis-4-cyclohexylisocyanate;polyisocyanates such as a trimethylolpropane adduct form of tolylenediisocyanate, a trimethylolpropane adduct form of hexamethylenediisocyanate, a trimethylolpropane adduct form of isophoronediisocyanate, an isocyanurate form of tolylene diisocyanate, anisocyanurate form of hexamethylene diisocyanate, an isocyanurate form ofisophorone diisocyanate and a biuret form of hexamethylene diisocyanate;and urethane crosslinking agents such as blocked isocyanates of thepolyisocyanates. One of them or a mixture of two or more thereof can beused for the compound having two or more isocyanate groups in onemolecule. In crosslinking, a catalyst such as dibutyltin dilaurate anddibutyltin diethylhexoate may be added as necessary.

Examples of the photopolymerization initiator may include benzophenonecompounds such as benzophenone, methyl-o-benzoyl benzoate,4-methylbenzophenone, 4,4′-bis(diethylamino)benzophenone, methylo-benzoylbenzoate, 4-phenylbenzophenone, 4-benzoyl-4′-methyldiphenylsulfide, 3,3′,4,4′-tetra(tert-butylperoxycarbonyl)benzophenone and2,4,6-trimethylbenzophenone; benzoin compounds such as benzoin, benzoinmethyl ether, benzoin ethyl ether, benzoin isopropyl ether and benzylmethyl ketal; acetophenone compounds such as acetophenone,2,2-dimethoxy-2-phenylacetophenone and 1-hydroxycyclohexyl phenylketone; anthraquinone compounds such as methylanthraquinone,2-ethylanthraquinone and 2-amylanthraquinone; thioxanthone compoundssuch as thioxanthone, 2,4-diethylthioxanthone and2,4-diisopropylthioxanthone; alkylphenone compounds such as acetophenonedimethyl ketal; triazine compounds; biimidazole compounds; acylphosphineoxide compounds; titanocene compounds; oxime ester compounds; oximephenylacetate compounds; hydroxyketone compounds; and aminobenzoatecompounds. One of them or a mixture of two or more thereof can be usedfor the photopolymerization initiator.

As the photopolymerization initiator, it is preferable to combinedly usetwo or more acetophenone-based photopolymerization initiators, forexample, both 1-hydroxycyclohexyl phenyl ketone and2-hydroxy-1-(4-(4-(2-hydroxy-2-methyl-propionyl)-benzyl)phenyl)-2-methyl-propan-1-one.Such a combined use makes it possible to sufficiently cure a hard coatwhile suppressing coloration of the hard coat.

The coating material for forming the first hard coat may include one ortwo or more of additives such as an antistatic agent, a surfactant, aleveling agent, a thixotropy-imparting agent, an antifouling agent, aprintability improver, an antioxidant, a weatherability stabilizer, alight resistance stabilizer, a UV absorber, a heat stabilizer, organicfine particles and an organic colorant, as desired.

The coating material for forming the first hard coat may include asolvent as desired for dilution to a concentration which allows easyapplication. The solvent is not particularly limited as long as thesolvent neither reacts with any of components (A) and (B) and otheroptional components nor catalyzes (promotes) the self-reaction(including degradation reaction) of these components. Examples of thesolvent may include 1-methoxy-2-propanol, ethyl acetate, n-butylacetate, toluene, methyl ethyl ketone, methyl isobutyl ketone, diacetonealcohol and acetone. One of them or a mixture of two or more thereof canbe used for the solvent.

The coating material for forming the first hard coat can be obtained bymixing and stirring these components.

The method for forming the first hard coat using the coating materialfor forming the first hard coat is not particularly limited, and anyknown web coating method can be used. Examples of the above methodinclude roll coating, gravure coating, reverse coating, roll brushing,dip coating, spray coating, spin coating, air knife coating and diecoating.

The thickness of the first hard coat may be 5 μm or more, preferably 7μm or more, more preferably 8 μm or more, and still more preferably 9 μmor more from a viewpoint of abrasion resistance. At the same time, thethickness of the first hard coat may be usually 60 μm or less,preferably 30 μm or less, more preferably 20 μm or less, and still morepreferably 15 μm or less from a viewpoint of keeping the bendingresistance of the hard coat laminated film according to at least oneembodiment good and allowing easy handling as a film roll.

In addition, the thickness of the first hard coat may be preferably 5 μmor more and 60 μm or less, or 5 μm or more and 30 μm or less, or 5 μm ormore and 20 μm or less, or 5 μm or more and 15 μm or less, or 7 μm ormore and 60 μm or less, or 7 μm or more and 30 μm or less, or 7 μm ormore and 20 μm or less, or 7 μm or more and 15 μm or less, or 8 μm ormore and 60 μm or less, or 8 μm or more and 30 μm or less, or 8 μm ormore and 20 μm or less, or 8 μm or more and 15 μm or less, or 9 μm ormore and 60 μm or less, or 9 μm or more and 30 μm or less, or 9 μm ormore and 20 μm or less, or 9 μm or more and 15 μm or less.

Second Hard Coat

The hard coat laminated film according to at least one embodimentfurther includes a first hard coat, a transparent resin film layer, asecond hard coat in order from the surface layer side. The second hardcoat formed will allow a force to curl the hard coat laminated film inone direction (hereinafter, occasionally abbreviated as a curling force)and a force to curl the hard coat laminated film in the oppositedirection to work simultaneously. Then, the occurrence of curling can besuppressed by allowing these two curling forces to be canceled to bezero.

In recent years, a touch panel has been proposed which has a bilayerstructure in which a touch sensor is directly provided on the back sideof a display faceplate for the purpose of weight reduction of an imagedisplay device (so-called one-glass-solution). In addition,one-plastic-solution to substitute for the so-called one-glass-solutionhas also been proposed for the purpose of further weight reduction. Inthe case where the hard coat laminated film according to at least oneembodiment is used for the one-plastic-solution to substitute for theso-called one-glass-solution, the second hard coat formed allows thehard coat laminated film to easily have properties suitable for aprinted surface.

The second hard coat is not particularly limited and can be formed byany method using any coating material.

Preferably, the second hard coat is formed from a coating materialincluding (A) 100 parts by mass of a multifunctional (meth)acrylateincluding 20 mass % or more of tripentaerythritol acrylate; and (C) 0.01to 10 parts by mass of a leveling agent from a viewpoint of curlingresistance.

The multifunctional (meth)acrylate including 20 mass % or more of atripentaerythritol acrylate as component (A) has been described above inthe description of the coating material for forming the first hard coat.One of them or a mixture of two or more thereof can be used forcomponent (A). As component (A) for the second hard coat, from aviewpoint of curling resistance, the same as that used in the coatingmaterial for forming the first hard coat is more preferable.

(C) Leveling Agent

The coating material for forming the second hard coat preferablyincludes a leveling agent from a viewpoint of smoothing the surface ofthe second hard coat.

Examples of the leveling agent may include acrylic leveling agents,silicone leveling agents, fluorine-containing leveling agents,silicone-acrylic copolymer leveling agents, fluorine-modified acrylicleveling agents, fluorine-modified silicone leveling agents, andleveling agents into which a functional group (e.g., an alkoxy groupsuch as a methoxy group and an ethoxy group, an acyloxy group, a halogengroup, an amino group, a vinyl group, an epoxy group, a methacryloxygroup, an acryloxy group and an isocyanate group) is introduced. Amongthem, acrylic leveling agents and silicone-acrylic copolymer levelingagents are preferred for the leveling agent as component (C) from aviewpoint of printability. One of them or a mixture of two or morethereof can be used for the leveling agent as component (C).

The amount of the leveling agent as component (C) to be blended istypically 0.01 part by mass or more, preferably 0.1 part by mass ormore, and more preferably 0.2 parts by mass or more based on 100 partsby mass of component (A) from a viewpoint of smoothing the surface ofthe second hard coat. At the same time, the amount of the leveling agentas component (C) to be blended may be typically 10 parts by mass orless, preferably 7 parts by mass or less, more preferably 4 parts bymass or less, and still more preferably 2 parts by mass or less from aviewpoint of preventing troubles such as the bleeding out of component(C).

The amount of the leveling agent as component (C) to be blended may betypically 0.01 part by mass or more and 10 parts by mass or less, andpreferably 0.01 part by mass or more and 7 parts by mass or less, or0.01 part by mass or more and 4 part by mass or less, or 0.01 part bymass or more and 2 parts by mass or less, or preferably 0.1 part by massor more and 10 parts by mass or less, or 0.1 part by mass or more and 7parts by mass or less, or 0.1 part by mass or more and 4 parts by massor less, or 0.1 part by mass or more and 2 parts by mass or less, orpreferably 0.2 parts by mass or more and 10 parts by mass or less, or0.2 parts by mass or more and 7 parts by mass or less, or 0.2 parts bymass or more and 4 parts by mass or less, or 0.2 parts by mass or moreand 2 parts by mass or less.

It is preferable that the coating material for forming the second hardcoat further includes a compound having two or more isocyanate groups(—N═C═O) in one molecule and/or a photopolymerization initiator from aviewpoint of improved curability with an active energy ray.

The compound having two or more isocyanate groups in one molecule hasbeen described above in the description of the coating material forforming the first hard coat. One of them or a mixture of two or morethereof can be used for the compound having two or more isocyanategroups in one molecule.

The photopolymerization initiator has been described above in thedescription of the coating material for forming the first hard coat. Oneof them or a mixture of two or more thereof can be used for thephotopolymerization initiator.

The coating material for forming the second hard coat may include one ortwo or more of additives such as an antistatic agent, a surfactant, athixotropy-imparting agent, an antifouling agent, a printabilityimprover, an antioxidant, a weatherability stabilizer, a lightresistance stabilizer, a UV absorber, a heat stabilizer, a colorant,inorganic fine particles, and organic fine particles, as desired.

The coating material for forming the second hard coat may include asolvent as desired for dilution to a concentration which allows easyapplication. The solvent is not particularly limited as long as thesolvent neither reacts with any of components (A) and (C) and otheroptional components nor catalyzes (promotes) the self-reaction(including degradation reaction) of these components. Examples of thesolvent may include 1-methoxy-2-propanol, ethyl acetate, n-butylacetate, toluene, methyl ethyl ketone, methyl isobutyl ketone, diacetonealcohol and acetone. Among them, 1-methoxy-2-propanol is preferred. Oneof them or a mixture of two or more thereof can be used for the solvent.

The coating material for forming the second hard coat can be obtained bymixing and stirring these components.

The method for forming the second hard coat using the coating materialfor forming the second hard coat is not particularly limited, and knownweb coating methods can be used. Examples of the above method mayinclude roll coating, gravure coating, reverse coating, roll brushing,dip coating, spray coating, spin coating, air knife coating and diecoating.

The thickness of the second hard coat, although not particularlylimited, may be typically 60 μm or less, preferably 30 μm or less, morepreferably 20 μm or less, and still more preferably 15 μm or less from aviewpoint of bending resistance. The thickness of the second hard coatmay be typically 5 μm or more, preferably 7 μm or more, more preferably8 μm or more, and still more preferably 9 μm or more.

In addition, the thickness of the second hard coat may be preferably 5μm or more and 60 μm or less, or 5 μm or more and 30 μm or less, or 5 μmor more and 20 μm or less, or 5 μm or more and 15 μm or less, or 7 μm ormore and 60 μm or less, or 7 μm or more and 30 μm or less, or 7 μm ormore and 20 μm or less, or 7 μm or more and 15 μm or less, or 8 μm ormore and 60 μm or less, or 8 μm or more and 30 μm or less, or 8 μm ormore and 20 μm or less, or 8 μm or more and 15 μm or less, or 9 μm ormore and 60 μm or less, or 9 μm or more and 30 μm or less, or 9 μm ormore and 20 μm or less, or 9 μm or more and 15 μm or less.

The thickness of the second hard coat may be the same as the thicknessof the first hard coat from a viewpoint of curling resistance.

Here, “the same thickness” should not be interpreted as completely thesame thickness in the physicochemically strict sense; but should beinterpreted as the same thickness within a variation in aprocess/quality control commonly performed in industry. The reason isthat curling resistance can be improved if the thickness is the samethickness within a variation in a process/quality control commonlyperformed in industry. The thickness of the hard coat (after curing) istypically subjected to a process/quality control within a variation ofabout −0.5 to +0.5 μm, and therefore the thickness of 10 μm and thethickness of 11 μm should be interpreted to be identical. “The samethickness” here can be paraphrased as “substantially the samethickness”.

Transparent Resin Film

The transparent resin film is a layer functioning as a transparent filmsubstrate for forming the first hard coat, or the first hard coat andthe second hard coat thereabove. Any transparent resin film can be usedfor the transparent resin film without limitation as long as it has ahigh transparency and no coloring. Examples of the transparent resinfilm may include films formed of a cellulose ester resin such astriacetylcellulose; a polyester resin such as polyethyleneterephthalate; a cyclic hydrocarbon resin such as an ethylene-norbornenecopolymer; an acrylic resin such as polymethyl methacrylate, polyethylmethacrylate, and vinylcyclohexane/(meth)acrylic acid methyl copolymer;an aromatic polycarbonate resin; a polyolefin resin such aspolypropylene and 4-methyl-penten-1; a polyamide resin; a polyarylateresin; a polymer-type urethane acrylate resin; and a polyimide resin.The transparent resin film encompasses cast films, uniaxially orientedfilms and biaxially oriented films of these films. Further, thetransparent resin film encompasses laminated films with one or two ormore types of these films in two or more layers.

The thickness of the transparent resin film, which is not particularlylimited, can be any thickness as desired. The thickness of thetransparent resin film may be typically 20 μm or more and preferably 50μm or more from a viewpoint of the handleability of the hard coatlaminated film according to at least one embodiment. In the case wherethe hard coat laminated film according to at least one embodiment isused for a display faceplate in a touch panel, the thickness of thetransparent resin film may be typically 100 μm or more, preferably 200μm or more, and more preferably 300 μm or more from a viewpoint ofretaining the stiffness. Further, the thickness of the transparent resinfilm may be typically 1500 μm or less, preferably 1200 μm or less, andmore preferably 1000 μm or less from a viewpoint of meeting therequirement for a thinner touch panel. In applications in which a highstiffness is not required other than a display faceplate in a touchpanel, the thickness of the transparent resin film may be typically 250μm or less and preferably 150 μm or less from a viewpoint of economicefficiency.

The transparent resin film is preferably a transparent resin film of anacrylic resin. The term “acrylic resin” referred to herein includesacrylic resins and methacrylic resins.

Examples of the acrylic resin may include a (meth)acrylate (co)polymer,a copolymer mainly composed of a structural unit derived from a(meth)acrylic acid ester (typically 50 mol % or more, preferably 65 mol% or more, more preferably 70 mol % or more), and modified productsthereof. The term (meth)acrylic means acrylic or methacrylic. The term(co)polymer means a polymer or a copolymer.

Examples of the (meth)acrylate (co)polymer may include a polymethyl(meth)acrylate, a polyethyl (meth)acrylate, a polypropyl (meth)acrylate,a polybutyl (meth)acrylate, a methyl (meth)acrylate-butyl (meth)acrylatecopolymer, and an ethyl (meth)acrylate-butyl (meth)acrylate copolymer.

Examples of the copolymer mainly composed of a structural unit derivedfrom a (meth)acrylic acid ester may include an ethylene-methyl(meth)acrylate copolymer, a styrene-methyl (meth)acrylate copolymer, avinyl cyclohexane-methyl (meth)acrylate copolymer, a maleicanhydride-methyl (meth)acrylate copolymer, and an N-substitutedmaleimide-methyl (meth)acrylate copolymer.

Examples of the modified product may include a polymer into which alactone ring structure is introduced by an intramolecular cyclizationreaction; a polymer into which glutaric anhydride is introduced by anintramolecular cyclization reaction; and a polymer into which an imidestructure is introduced by a reaction with an imidating agent (e.g.,methylamine, cyclohexylamine, or ammonia) (hereinafter referred to as apoly (meth)acrylimide resin).

Examples of the transparent resin film of the acrylic resin may includea film of one of these resins, or a film of a mixture of two or morethereof. Further, the transparent resin film of the acrylic resinencompasses laminated films with one type or two or more types of thesefilms in two or more layers.

The transparent resin film is more preferably a film of a vinylcyclohexane-methyl (meth)acrylate copolymer. The vinylcyclohexane-methyl (meth)acrylate copolymer here is a copolymer formedfrom methyl (meth)acrylate and vinylcyclohexane as polymerizablemonomers, or a copolymer formed from methyl (meth)acrylate andvinylcyclohexane and a monomer copolymerizable with them. Here, thecopolymerizable monomer is usually a compound having a carbon-carbondouble bond, and is typically a compound having an ethylenic doublebond. Using such a transparent resin film allows the hard coat laminatedfilm to be excellent in surface hardness, abrasion resistance,transparency, surface smoothness, appearance, stiffness, and moistureresistance, and as a result the hard coat laminated film can be suitablyused for a display faceplate in a touch panel. The content of thestructural unit derived from methyl (meth)acrylate in the vinylcyclohexane-methyl (meth)acrylate copolymer may be typically 50 to 95mol %, preferably 65 to 90 mol %, and more preferably 70 to 85 mol %,assuming that the sum of structural units derived from all polymerizablemonomers (methyl (meth)acrylate, vinyl cyclohexane, and (if present) amonomer copolymerizable with them) is 100 mol %.

In another preferred embodiment, the transparent resin film may be apoly(meth)acrylimide resin film. Using such a transparent resin filmallows the hard coat laminated film to be excellent in surface hardness,abrasion resistance, transparency, surface smoothness, appearance,stiffness, heat resistance, and dimensional stability under heat, and asa result the hard coat laminated film can be suitably used for a displayfaceplate in a touch panel and a transparent conductive substrate.

The acrylic resin has a yellowness index of preferably 3 or less, morepreferably 2 or less, and still more preferably 1 or less (measured witha colorimeter “SolidSpec-3700 (trade name)” available from ShimadzuCorporation in accordance with JIS K7105:1981). Using the acrylic resinhaving a yellowness index of 3 or less can result in a hard coatlaminated film which an be suitably used for a member in an imagedisplay device. A smaller yellowness index is more preferred.

The melt mass flow rate (measured under conditions of 260° C. and 98.07N according to ISO 1133) of the acrylic resin is preferably 0.1 to 20g/10 min and more preferably 0.5 to 10 g/10 min from a viewpoint ofextrusion load and stability of a melted film.

The acrylic resin can further include, within a range that is notcontrary to the object of the various embodiments, a thermoplastic resinother than the acrylic resin; a pigment, an inorganic filler, an organicfiller, a resin filler; an additive such as, a lubricant, anantioxidant, a weatherability stabilizer, a heat stabilizer, a releasingagent, an antistatic agent and a surfactant, as desired. The amount ofthe optional component(s) to be blended is typically about 0.01 to 10parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the acrylic resin.

The transparent resin film is preferably a transparent multilayer filmwith a first acrylic resin layer (α1); an aromatic polycarbonate resinlayer (β); and a second acrylic resin layer (α2) directly laminated inthis order. The various embodiments are herein described under theassumption that a touch surface is formed on the α1 layer side.

Acrylic resin is excellent in surface hardness but often insufficient incutting processability. On the other hand, aromatic polycarbonate resinis excellent in cutting processability but often insufficient in surfacehardness. Therefore, using a transparent multilayer film having theabove-described layer configuration enables to easily achieve a hardcoat laminated film in which both substances cover for each other'sdrawbacks and which is excellent in both of surface hardness and cuttingprocessability.

The layer thickness of the α1 layer, although not particularly limited,may be typically 20 μm or more, preferably 40 μm or more, morepreferably 60 μm or more, and still more preferably 80 μm or more from aviewpoint of the surface hardness of the hard coat laminated filmaccording to at least one embodiment.

The layer thickness of the α2 layer, although not particularly limited,is preferably the same layer thickness as the α1 layer from a viewpointof the curling resistance of the hard coat laminated film according toat least one embodiment.

Here, “the same layer thickness” should not be interpreted as the samelayer thickness in the physicochemically strict sense; but should beinterpreted as the same layer thickness within a variation in aprocess/quality control commonly performed in industry. The reason isthat the curling resistance of a multilayer film can be kept good if thelayer thickness is the same layer thickness within a variation in aprocess/quality control commonly performed in industry. A castmultilayer film obtained by a T-die coextrusion method is typicallysubjected to a process/quality control within a variation of about −5 to+5 μm, and therefore the layer thickness of 65 μm and the layerthickness of 75 μm should be interpreted to be identical. “The samelayer thickness” here can be paraphrased as “substantially the samelayer thickness”.

The layer thickness of the β layer, although not particularly limited,may be typically 20 μm or more and preferably 80 μm or more from aviewpoint of the cutting processability of the hard coat laminated filmaccording to at least one embodiment.

The acrylic resin to be used for the α1 layer and the α2 layer has beendescribed above.

For the acrylic resin to be used for the α1 layer and the acrylic resinto be used for the α2 layer, acrylic resins different in resinproperties, for example, acrylic resins different in type, melt massflow rate, and glass transition temperature may be used. It is preferredto use acrylic resins having the same resin properties from a viewpointof the curling resistance of the hard coat laminated film according toat least one embodiment. Using acrylic resins in the same grade and inthe same lot is one of preferred embodiments, for example.

Examples of the aromatic polycarbonate resin to be used for the β layerinclude aromatic polycarbonate resins such as polymers obtained by aninterfacial polymerization reaction of an aromatic dihydroxy compoundsuch as bisphenol A, dimethyl bisphenol A and1,1-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)-3,3,5-trimethylcyclohexane with phosgene; andpolymers obtained by a transesterification reaction of an aromaticdihydroxy compound such as bisphenol A, dimethyl bisphenol A and1,1-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)-3,3,5-trimethylcyclohexane with a carbonatediester such as diphenyl carbonate. One type or a mixture of two or moretypes of these resins can be used for the aromatic polycarbonate resinof the β layer.

Preferred examples of optional components which can be contained in thearomatic polycarbonate resin may include core-shell rubbers. Using 0 to30 parts by mass of a core-shell rubber (100 to 70 parts by mass of thearomatic polycarbonate resin), preferably 0 to 10 parts by mass of acore-shell rubber (100 to 90 parts by mass of the aromatic polycarbonateresin) based on 100 parts by mass of the total amount of the aromaticpolycarbonate resin and the core-shell rubber can further enhance thecutting processability and the impact resistance of a hard coatlaminated film.

Examples of the core-shell rubber may include core-shell rubbers formedof a methacrylate-styrene/butadiene rubber graft copolymer, anacrylonitrile-styrene/butadiene rubber graft copolymer, anacrylonitrile-styrene/ethylene-propylene rubber graft copolymer, anacrylonitrile-styrene/acrylate graft copolymer, a methacrylate/acrylaterubber graft copolymer and a methacrylate-acrylonitrile/acrylate rubbergraft copolymer. One type or a mixture of two or more types of them canbe used for the core-shell rubber.

The aromatic polycarbonate resin may further include, within a rangethat is not contrary to the object of the various embodiments, athermoplastic resin other than the aromatic polycarbonate resin or thecore-shell rubber; a pigment, an inorganic filler, an organic filler, aresin filler; an additive such as a lubricant, an antioxidant, aweatherability stabilizer, a heat stabilizer, a releasing agent, anantistatic agent and a surfactant, as desired. The amount of theoptional component(s) to be blended is typically about 0.01 to 10 partsby mass based on 100 parts by mass of the total amount of the aromaticpolycarbonate resin and the core-shell rubber.

In a preferable embodiment, the transparent resin film may be atransparent multilayer film with a first poly(meth)acrylimide resinlayer (α1); an aromatic polycarbonate resin layer (β); and a secondpoly(meth)acrylimide resin layer (α2) directly laminated in this order.Poly(meth)acrylimide resin is excellent in heat resistance and surfacehardness but often insufficient in cutting processability. On the otherhand, aromatic polycarbonate resin is excellent in cuttingprocessability but often insufficient in heat resistance and surfacehardness. Therefore, using a transparent multilayer film having theabove-described layer configuration enables to easily achieve a hardcoat laminated film in which both substances cover for each other'sdrawbacks and which is excellent in all of heat resistance, surfacehardness and cutting processability.

A method for producing the transparent resin film is not particularlylimited. As a preferable production method in the case where thetransparent resin film is the transparent multilayer film with a firstpoly(meth)acrylimide resin layer (α1); an aromatic polycarbonate resinlayer (β); and a second poly(meth)acrylimide resin layer (α2) directlylaminated in this order, the method described in JP-A-2015-083370 can bementioned. In forming the first hard coat and the second hard coat, anadhesion-facilitating treatment such as a corona discharge treatment andan anchor coat formation may be performed beforehand on the surface forforming the hard coat or both surfaces of the transparent resin film inorder to enhance the adhesion strength to the hard coat.

FIG. 1 is a conceptual cross-sectional view showing an example of thehard coat laminated film according to at least one embodiment. The hardcoat laminated film includes a first hard coat: 1, a firstpoly(meth)acrylimide resin layer (α1): 2, an aromatic polycarbonateresin layer (β): 3, a second poly(meth)acrylimide resin layer (α2): 4,and a second hard coat: 5 in order from a touch surface.

The hard coat laminated film according to at least one embodiment mayhave an optional layer(s) other than the first hard coat, the secondhard coat, and the transparent resin film layer, as desired. Examples ofthe optional layer may include a third hard coat, an anchor coat layer,a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, a transparent electroconductivelayer, a high refractive index layer, a low refractive index layer, anda reflection-preventive layer. The third hard coat may have, forexample, the same composition as the first hard coat or the second hardcoat.

The hard coat laminated film according to at least one embodiment isplaced on a Gakushin-type tester in accordance with JIS L 0849:2013 suchthat the first hard coat is on the surface side, and a steel wool of#0000 is attached to a rubbing finger of the Gakushin-type tester. Then,a load of 500 g is applied, and the surface of the first hard coat isreciprocatingly rubbed 9000 times under conditions that the moving speedof the rubbing finger is 300 mm/min and the moving distance is 30 mm.Then, when the rubbed portion is visually observed, it is preferablethat no scratch is found. It is more preferable that no scratch is foundafter 10000 reciprocating rubbings. It is still more preferable that noscratch is found after 11000 reciprocating rubbings. It is even morepreferable that no scratch is found after 12000 reciprocating rubbings.It is most preferable that no scratch is found after 13000 reciprocatingrubbings. It is preferable that no scratch is found after the morenumber of times of rubbing. Due to such abrasion resistance of the hardcoat laminated film according to at least one embodiment, the hard coatlaminated film can be suitably used for a member in an image displaydevice.

The hard coat laminated film according to at least one embodiment has atotal light transmittance of preferably 85% or more, more preferably 88%or more, and still more preferably 90% or more (measured with aturbidimeter “NDH 2000” (trade name) available from Nippon DenshokuIndustries Co., Ltd. in accordance with JIS K7361-1:1997). Due to thetotal light transmittance being 85% or more, the hard coat laminatedfilm according to at least one embodiment can be suitably used for amember in an image display device. A higher total light transmittance ismore preferred.

The hard coat laminated film according to at least one embodiment has aminimum bending radius of preferably 70 mm or less, more preferably 60mm or less, and still more preferably 50 mm or less. Due to the minimumbending radius being preferably 70 mm or less, the hard coat laminatedfilm according to at least one embodiment can easily be handled as afilm roll, so that this leads to an advantage in terms of productionefficiency and the like. A smaller minimum bending radius is morepreferred. Here, the minimum bending radius is a value determined by atest (v) in Examples described later. The minimum bending radiusreferred to herein is a bending radius immediately before the occurrenceof a crack in the surface of a bending portion when a hard coatlaminated film is bent, and indicates the limit against bending. Bendingradius is defined in the same manner as for radius of curvature.

A radius of curvature is defined as follows in reference to FIG. 2. Thelength from the point M to the point N in the curve is denoted as ΔS;the difference between the slope of the tangent line at the point M andthe slope of the tangent line at the point N as Δα; and the intersectionof the line which is perpendicular to the tangent line at the point Mand intersects with the tangent line at the point M and the line whichis perpendicular to the tangent line at the point N and intersects withthe tangent line at the point N, as O. In the case where ΔS issufficiently small, the curve from the point M to the point N can beapproximated to an arc (see FIG. 2). The radius in this case is definedas the radius of curvature. Further, the radius of curvature is denotedas R. Then, ∠MON=Δα. In the case where ΔS is sufficiently small, Δα isalso sufficiently small and therefore ΔS=RΔα. As the result, R=ΔS/Δα.

In the hard coat laminated film according to at least one embodiment,the surface of the first hard coat has a water contact angle ofpreferably 95° or more, more preferably 100° or more, and still morepreferably 105° or more. In the case where the hard coat laminated filmaccording to at least one embodiment is used for a display faceplate ina touch panel, the first hard coat will function as a touch surface. Thewater contact angle on the surface of the first hard coat of 95° or moreenables to operate a touch panel at will by sliding fingers or a pen onthe touch surface. From a viewpoint of sliding fingers or a pen at will,a higher water contact angle is more preferred. The upper limit of thewater contact angle is not particularly limited and about 120° istypically adequate. Here, the water contact angle is a value determinedby a test (vi) in Examples described later.

In the hard coat laminated film according to at least one embodiment,the water contact angle of the surface of the first hard coat afterwipes with a cotton is preferably 95° or more, more preferably 100° ormore, and still more preferably 105° or more after preferably 20000cycles of reciprocation and more preferably 25000 cycles ofreciprocation. The water contact angle after 20000 reciprocating wipeswith a cotton of 95° or more enables to maintain the surface propertiessuch as finger slidability even after repeated wipes with a handkerchiefor the like. For the number of wipes with a cotton during which a watercontact angle of 95° or more can be maintained, a larger number is morepreferred. Here, the water contact angle after wipes with a cotton is avalue determined by a test (vii) in Examples described later.

The hard coat laminated film according to at least one embodiment has ayellowness index of preferably 3 or less, more preferably 2 or less, andstill more preferably 1 or less (measured with a colorimeter“SolidSpec-3700” (trade name) available from Shimadzu Corporation inaccordance with JIS K7105:1981). A smaller yellowness index is morepreferred. Due to the yellowness index being 3 or less, the hard coatlaminated film according to at least one embodiment can be suitably usedfor a member in an image display device.

The hard coat laminated film according to at least one embodiment isplaced on a Gakushin-type tester in accordance with JIS L 0849:2013 suchthat the first hard coat is on the surface side, and a steel wool of#0000 is attached to a rubbing finger of the Gakushin-type tester. Then,a load of 500 g is applied, and the surface of the first hard coat isreciprocatingly rubbed 9000, 10000, 11000, 12000, or 13000 times, andwhen the rubbed portion is visually observed, no scratch is found foreach of these times, and/or the total light transmittance may be 85% ormore, 88% or more, or 90% or more, and/or the minimum bending radius maybe 70 mm or less, 60 mm or less, or 50 mm or less, and/or the watercontact angle may be 95 degrees or more, 100 degrees or more, or 105degrees or more, and/or the water contact angle of the surface of thefirst hard coat after 20000 reciprocating wipes with a cotton may be 95degrees or more, 100 degrees or more, or 105 degrees or more, or thewater contact angle after 25000 reciprocating wipes with a cotton may be95 degrees or more, 100 degrees or more, or 105 degrees or more, and/orthe yellowness index may be 3 or less, 2 or less, or 1 or less.

EXAMPLES

Embodiments will be now described by referring to Examples, but thevarious embodiments are not limited to these Examples.

Measurement/Evaluation Methods for Physical Properties

(i) Abrasion Resistance 1 (Resistance Against Steel Wool)

A hard coat laminated film was placed on a Gakushin-type tester(friction tester type 2) in accordance with JIS L0849:2013 so that thefirst hard coat was on the surface side. A steel wool of #0000 wassubsequently attached to a rubbing finger of the Gakushin-type testerand a load of 500 g was then applied. After 9000 reciprocating rubbingsof the surface of the test piece under conditions that the moving speedof the rubbing finger was 300 mm/min and the moving distance was 30 mm,the rubbed portion was visually observed. In the case where no scratchwas found, the operation of additionally carrying out 1000 reciprocatingrubbings and then visually observing the rubbed portion was repeated.The abrasion resistance was evaluated according to the followingcriteria.

A: No scratches were found even after 13000 cycles of reciprocation.

B: No scratches were found after 12000 cycles of reciprocation butscratches were found after 13000 cycles of reciprocation.

C: No scratches were found after 11000 cycles of reciprocation butscratches were found after 12000 cycles of reciprocation.

D: No scratches were found after 10000 cycles of reciprocation butscratches were found after 11000 cycles of reciprocation.

E: No scratches were found after 9000 cycles of reciprocation butscratches were found after 10000 cycles of reciprocation.

F: Scratches were found after 9000 cycles of reciprocation.

(ii) Total Light Transmittance

The total light transmittance was measured according to JIS K7361-1:1997by using a turbidimeter “NDH2000” (trade name) available from NipponDenshoku Industries Co., Ltd.

(iii) Haze

The haze was measured according to JIS K7136:2000 by using aturbidimeter “NDH2000” (trade name) available from Nippon DenshokuIndustries Co., Ltd.

(iv) Yellowness Index

The yellowness index was measured according to JIS K7105:1981 by using acolorimeter “SolidSpec-3700” (trade name) available from ShimadzuCorporation.

(v) Minimum Bending Radius

With reference to Bending Formability (B method) in JIS-K6902:2007, atest piece of a hard coat laminated film was conditioned at atemperature of 23° C.±2° C. and a relative humidity of 50±5% for 24hours, and thereafter the test piece was bent to form a curve at abending temperature of 23° C.±2° C. at a bending line with a directionperpendicular to the machine direction of the hard coat laminated filmso that the first hard coat of the hard coat laminated film was on theouter side, and for the resultant, measurement was performed. The radiusof the front face of the shaping jig having the smallest radius of thefront face among shaping jigs with no crack generated was defined as theminimum bending radius. The “front face” has the same meaning as theterm regarding a shaping jig in the B method defined in Paragraph 18.2in JIS K6902:2007.

(vi) Water Contact Angle

The water contact angle of a hard coat laminated film was measured forthe surface of the first hard coat with an automatic contact angle meter“DSA 20” (trade name) available from KRUSS GmbH by using a method tocalculate from the width and the height of a water drop (as indicated inJIS R3257:1999).

(vii) Abrasion Resistance 2 (Water Contact Angle after Wipes withCotton)

A test piece of a hard coat laminated film was prepared in a size of 150mm length and 50 mm width so that the machine direction of the hard coatlaminated film corresponded to the longitudinal direction of the testpiece, and the test piece was placed on a Gakushin-type tester inaccordance with JIS L0849:2013 so that the first hard coat of the hardcoat laminated film was on the surface side. A stainless steel sheet (10mm length, 10 mm width, 1 mm thickness) covered with a four-ply gauze (atype 1 medical gauze available from Kawamoto Corporation) was attachedto a rubbing finger of the Gakushin-type tester, and the resultant wasset so that the sheet face of the stainless steel sheet came intocontact with the test piece and a load of 350 g was applied. After 10000reciprocating rubbings of the surface of the first hard coat of the testpiece under conditions that the moving distance of the rubbing fingerwas 60 mm and the speed was 1 cycle/sec, the water contact angle on thecotton-wiped portion was measured in accordance with the method in the(vi). In the case where the water contact angle was 95° or more, theoperation of additionally carrying out 5000 reciprocating rubbings andthen measuring the water contact angle on the cotton-wiped portion inaccordance with the method in the (vi) was repeated, and evaluation wasperformed by using the following criteria.

A: The water contact angle was 95° or more even after 25000 cycles ofreciprocation.

B: The water contact angle was 95° or more after 20000 cycles ofreciprocation but the water contact angle was less than 95° after 25000cycles of reciprocation.

C: The water contact angle was 95° or more after 15000 cycles ofreciprocation but the water contact angle was less than 95° after 20000cycles of reciprocation.

D: The water contact angle was 95° or more after 10000 cycles ofreciprocation but the water contact angle was less than 95° after 15000cycles of reciprocation.

E: The water contact angle was less than 95° after 10000 cycles ofreciprocation.

(viii) Surface Smoothness (Surface Appearance)

The surface (i.e., each of both surfaces) of a hard coat laminated filmwas visually observed while irradiating with a fluorescent light fromvarious incident angles, and evaluation was performed by using thefollowing criteria.

⊚ (very good): No undulations or flaws were found on the surface. Nocloudiness was perceived even when the surface was seen through with alight irradiated closely.

◯ (good): A portion with a little cloudiness was found when the surfacewas seen through with a light irradiated closely.

Δ (slightly poor): Undulations or flaws were found on the surface in asmall quantity when the surface was looked at closely. Further,cloudiness was perceived.

x (poor): Undulations or flaws were found on the surface in a largequantity. Further, cloudiness was clearly perceived.

(ix) Cross-Cut Test (Adhesiveness)

In accordance with JIS K5600-5-6:1999, a square lattice pattern cutconsisting of 100 cells (1 cell=1 mm×1 mm) was provided on the surfaceof the first hard coat of a hard coat laminated film. Thereafter, a tapefor adhesion tests was attached on the square lattice pattern cut andrubbed with fingers and then peeled off. The criteria for evaluationwere in accordance with Table 1 in the above standard of JIS.

Classification 0: The edges of the cuts were completely smooth; none ofthe squares of the lattice was detached.

Classification 1: Detachment of small flakes of the coating was seen atthe intersections of the cuts. A cross-cut area of not greater than 5%apparently was affected.

Classification 2: The coating flaked along the edges and/or at theintersections of the cuts. A cross-cut area of greater than 5%apparently, but not greater than 15%, was affected.

Classification 3: The coating flaked along the edges of the cuts partlyor wholly in large ribbons, and/or it flaked partly or wholly ondifferent parts of the squares. A cross-cut area of greater than 15%apparently, but not greater than 35%, was affected.

Classification 4: The coating flaked along the edges of the cuts partlyor wholly in large ribbons and/or some squares detached partly orwholly. A cross-cut area of greater than 35% apparently, but not greaterthan 65%, was affected.

Classification 5: This criterion was defined as the case where thedegree of flaking was greater than that in Classification 4.

(x) Cutting Processability (Condition of Curved Cutting-Processed Line)

A hard coat laminated film was provided with a cut hole in true circlewith a diameter of 2 mm and a cut hole in true circle with a diameter of0.5 mm by using a router processing machine automatically controlledwith a computer. The mill used then was a four-bladed super-hard-alloymill with nicks that has a cylindrically round tip, and the bladediameter was appropriately selected depending on a portion to beprocessed. Subsequently, the cut hole with a diameter of 2 mm wasobserved for the cut edge surface visually or with a microscope (100×)and evaluation was performed by using the following criteria. Similarly,the cut hole with a diameter of 0.5 mm was observed for the cut edgesurface visually or with a microscope (100×) and evaluation wasperformed by using the following criteria. The result of the former caseand the result of the latter case were listed in this order in thetables below.

⊚ (very good): No crack or burr was found even in microscopicobservation.

◯ (good): No crack was found even in microscopic observation. However, aburr was found.

Δ (slightly poor) No crack was visually found. However, a crack wasfound in microscopic observation.

x (poor): A crack was found even in visual observation.

(xi) Pencil Hardness

The pencil hardness of a hard coat laminated film was measured for thesurface of the first hard coat according to JIS K5600-5-4 by using apencil “UNI” (trade name) available from Mitsubishi Pencil Co., Ltdunder the condition of a load of 750 g.

Raw Materials Used

(A) Multifunctional (Meth)Acrylate:

(A-1) “Biscoat #802” (trade name) that is a mixture oftripentaerythritol acrylate, dipentaerythritol acrylate,monopentaerythritol acrylate, and polypentaerythritol acrylate,available from Osaka Organic Chemical Industry Ltd.: the content oftripentaerythritol acrylate is 60 mass %.

(A-2) Dipentaerythritol hexaacrylate (hexafunctional).

(B) Water Repellent:

(B-1) An acryloyl group-containing fluoropolyether water repellant“KY-1203” (trade name) available from Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.:solid content 20 mass %

(B-2) A methacryloyl group-containing fluoropolyether water repellant“FOMBLIN MT70” (trade name) available from Solvay S.A.: solid content 70mass %

(B′-1) An acrylic/ethylene copolymer wax water repellent

(C) Leveling Agent:

(C-1) An acrylic polymer leveling agent “BYK-399” (trade name) availablefrom Big Chemy Japan KK: solid content 100 mass %

(D) Inorganic Fine Particles:

(D-1) Silica fine particles having an average particle diameter of 20 nmthe surface of which has been treated with a silane coupling agenthaving a vinyl group

(E) Optional Component:

(E-1) The phenyl ketone photopolymerization initiator(1-hydroxycyclohexyl phenyl ketone) “SB-PI714” (trade name) availablefrom Shuang Bang Industrial Corp.

(E-2) α-hydroxy acetophenone photopolymerization initiator(2-hydroxy-1-(4-(4-(2-hydroxy-2-methyl-propionyl)-benzyl)phenyl)-2-methyl-propan-1-one)“IRGACURE 127” (trade name) available from BASF SE.

(E-3) 1:1 (mass ratio) mixed solvent of 1-methoxy-2-propanol and methylisobutyl ketone

(E-4) Silica fine particles having an average particle diameter of 20 nmthe surface of which has been treated with a silane coupling agenthaving a vinyl group

(H1) Coating Material for Forming First Hard Coat:

(H1-1) A coating material was obtained by mixing and stirring 100 partsby mass of the (A-1), 2 parts by mass (0.40 parts by mass in terms ofsolid content) of the (B-1), 0.06 parts by mass (0.042 parts by mass interms of solid content) of the (B-2), 3 parts by mass of the (E-1), 1part by mass of the (E-2) and 120 parts by mass of the (E-3). Theformulation is shown in Table 1. Note that values in terms of solidcontent are listed for the (B-1) and the (B-2) in the table (the sameapplies hereinafter).

(H1-2 to H1-7, H1′-1 to H1′-5) Each coating material was obtained in thesame way as in the (H1-1) except that the components and their ratiowere changed as shown in Table 1 or 2.

(H2) Coating Material for Forming Second Hard Coat:

(H2-1) A coating material was obtained by mixing and stirring 100 partsby mass of the (A-1), 0.5 parts by mass of the (C-1), 3 parts by mass ofthe (E-1), 1 part by mass of the (E-2) and 120 parts by mass of the(E-3). The formulation is shown in Table 1.

(H2-2 to H2-6) Each coating material was obtained in the same way as inthe (H2-1) except that the components and their ratio were changed asshown in Table 1 or 2.

(P) Transparent Resin Film:

(P-1) Using an apparatus (see FIG. 3) equipped with atwo-component/three-layer multimanifold-type coextrusion T-die 6 and awinder having a mechanism to pressurize a melted film 7 with a firstmirror-finished roll 8 (i.e. a roll to hold a melted film and send themelted film to a subsequent transfer roll) and a second mirror-finishedroll 9, a two-component/three-layer multilayer resin film in which bothouter layers (α1 layer and α2 layer) were formed of apoly(meth)acrylimide “PLEXIMID TT50” (trade name) available from EvonikIndustry AG and an intermediate layer (β layer) was formed of anaromatic polycarbonate “CALIBRE 301-4” (trade name) available fromSumika Styron Polycarbonate Limited was continuously coextruded from thecoextrusion T-die, and the coextruded product was fed between therotating first mirror-finished roll and the rotating secondmirror-finished roll so that the α1 layer was on the firstmirror-finished roll side, and pressurized. As a result, a transparentresin film having a total thickness of 250 μm was obtained in which thelayer thickness of the α1 layer was 80 μm, the layer thickness of the βlayer was 90 μm and the layer thickness of the α2 layer was 80 μm.Regarding the conditions set for this operation, the temperature of theT-die, the temperature of the first mirror-finished roll, thetemperature of the second mirror-finished roll and the wind-up speedwere set to 300° C., 130° C., 120° C. and 6.5 m/min, respectively.

(P-2) A transparent resin film was obtained in the same way as in the(P-1) except that an acrylic resin, containing a structural unit derivedfrom methyl methacrylate in an amount of 76.8 mol % and a structuralunit derived from vinylcyclohexane in an amount of 23.2 mol %, assumingthat the sum of structural units derived from polymerizable monomers was100 mol %, was used as both outer layers in place of the “PLEXIMID TT50”(trade name)

(P-3) A transparent resin film was obtained in the same way as in the(P-1) except that the layer thickness ratio was changed so that thelayer thickness of the α1 layer, the layer thickness of the β layer andthe layer thickness of the α2 layer were 60 μm, 130 μm and 60 μm,respectively.

(P-4) A transparent resin film was obtained in the same way as in the(P-1) except that the layer thickness ratio was changed so that thelayer thickness of the α1 layer, the layer thickness of the (3 layer andthe layer thickness of the α2 layer were 40 μm, 170 μm and 40 μm,respectively.

(P-5) An acrylic resin film “TECHNOLLOY S001G” (trade name) availablefrom Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.: thickness 250 μm

(P-6) A biaxially oriented polyethylene terephthalate film “DIAFOIL”(trade name) available from Mitsubishi Plastics, Inc.: thickness 250 μm

(P-7) Using an apparatus equipped with a monolayer T-die and a winderhaving a mechanism to pressurize a melted film with a firstmirror-finished roll (i.e. a roll to hold a melted film and send themelted film to a subsequent transfer roll) and a second mirror-finishedroll, an aromatic polycarbonate “CALIBRE 301-4” (trade name) availablefrom Sumika Styron Polycarbonate Limited was continuously extruded fromthe T-die, and the extruded product was fed between the rotating firstmirror-finished roll and the rotating second mirror-finished roll, andpressurized. As a result, a transparent resin film having a totalthickness of 250 μm was obtained. Regarding the conditions set for thisoperation, the temperature of the T-die, the temperature of the firstmirror-finished roll, the temperature of the second mirror-finished rolland the wind-up speed were set to 320° C., 140° C., 120° C. and 5.6m/min, respectively.

Example 1

Both surfaces of the (P-1) were subjected to a corona dischargetreatment. Both surfaces had a wetting index of 64 mN/m. Subsequently,the surface on the α1 layer side was coated with the (H2-1) by using adie-type applicator so that the wet coat thickness was 22.6 μm(thickness after curing: 10.5 μm). Subsequently, the resultant waspassed in a drying furnace with the inner temperature set to 80° C. at aline speed such that the time required to pass through from the inlet tothe outlet was 1 minute, and then treated to form a second hard coatwith a curing apparatus (see FIG. 4) having a UV irradiator 10 ofhigh-pressure mercury lamp type and a mirror-finished metal roll 11having a diameter of 25.4 cm which were disposed opposite to each other,under conditions that the temperature of the mirror-finished metal roll11 was 60° C. and the integrated amount of light was 500 mJ/cm². In FIG.4, reference numeral 12 denotes a web, and reference numeral 13 denotesa holding angle. Subsequently, the surface on the α1 layer side wascoated with the (H1-1) by using a die-type applicator so that the wetcoat thickness was 22.6 μm (thickness after curing: 10.5 μm).Subsequently, the resultant was passed in a drying furnace with theinner temperature set to 80° C. at a line speed such that the timerequired to pass through from the inlet to the outlet was 1 minute, andthen treated to form a first hard coat with a curing apparatus (see FIG.4) having a UV irradiator 10 of high-pressure mercury lamp type and amirror-finished metal roll 11 having a diameter of 25.4 cm which weredisposed opposite to each other, under conditions that the temperatureof the mirror-finished metal roll 11 was 60° C. and the integratedamount of light was 500 mJ/cm², thus obtaining a hard coat laminatedfilm. The above tests (i) to (xi) were carried out. The results areshown in Table 1. In Table 1, “HC” stands for abbreviation of hard coat(also in the following tables).

Examples 2 to 7, Examples 1S to 5S

Each hard coat laminated film was prepared and measurement/evaluation ofthe physical properties was performed in the same way as in Example 1except that a coating material to be used was changed to the coatingmaterial shown in Table 1 or 2. The results are shown in Table 1 or 2.In Example 2S, since the water contact angle was less than 95 degreesfrom the beginning, the test for abrasion resistance 2 was omitted.

Examples 8 to 10, Example 6S

Each hard coat laminated film was prepared and measurement/evaluation ofthe physical properties was performed in the same way as in Example 1except that the thicknesses of the first and second hard coats werechanged to the thicknesses shown in Table 3. The results are shown inTable 3.

Examples 11 to 16

Each hard coat laminated film was prepared and measurement/evaluation ofthe physical properties was performed in the same way as in Example 1except that a transparent resin film to be used was changed to thetransparent resin film shown in Table 3 or 4. The results are shown inTable 3 or 4.

Table 1

TABLE 1 Results of measurement/evaluation of physical properties of hardcoat laminated film Example 1 Example 2 Example 3 Example 4 Example 1SFirst HC Type H1-1 H1-2 H1-3 H1-4 H1′-1 (parts A-1 100 75 60 40 — bymass) A-2 — 25 40 60 100 B-1 0.40 0.40 0.40 0.40 0.40 B-2 0.042 0.0420.042 0.042 0.042 B′-1 — — — — — E-1 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 E-2 1.0 1.0 1.01.0 1.0 E-3 120 120 120 120 120 E-4 — — — — — Second HC Type H2-1 H2-2H2-3 H2-4 H2-5 (parts A-1 100 75 60 40 — by mass) A-2 — 25 40 60 100 C-10.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 E-1 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 E-2 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 E-3120 120 120 120 120 E-4 — — — — — Layer Transparent resin film P-1 P-1P-1 P-1 P-1 configuration First HC thickness μm 10.5 10.5 10.5 10.5 10.5Second HC thickness μm 10.5 10.5 10.5 10.5 10.5 Evaluation Abrasionresistance 1 A B C D F result Total light transmittance % 90.8 90.8 90.890.8 90.8 Haze % 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 Yellowness index 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.40.4 Minimum bending radius mm 40 40 40 40 40 Water contact angle deg 118118 118 118 118 Abrasion resistance 2 A A A B B Surface appearance ⊚ ⊚ ⊚⊚ ⊚ Cross-cut test Classification 0 Classification 0 Classification 0Classification 0 Classification 0 Cutting processability ⊚-⊚ ⊚-⊚ ⊚-⊚ ⊚-⊚⊚-⊚ Pencil hardness 7H 7H 7H 7H 7H

TABLE 2 Table 2: Results of measurement/evaluation of physicalproperties of hard coat laminated film Example 2S Example 5 Example 6Example 7 Example 3S Example 4S Example 5S First HC Type H1′-2 H1-5 H1-6H1-7 H1′-3 H1′-4 H1′-5 (parts A-1 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 by mass)A-2 — — — — — — — B-1 — 0.080 0.80 2.0 8.0 — 0.40 B-2 — 0.0084 0.0840.21 0.84 — 0.042 B′-1 — — — — — 0.442 — E-1 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0E-2 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 E-3 120 120 120 120 120 120 130 E-4 — —— — — — 20 Second HC Type H2-1 H2-1 H2-1 H2-1 H2-1 H2-1 H2-6 (parts A-1100 100 100 100 100 100 100 by mass) A-2 — — — — — — — C-1 0.5 0.5 0.50.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 E-1 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 E-2 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.01.0 1.0 E-3 120 120 120 120 120 120 130 E-4 — — — — — — 20 LayerTransparent resin film P-1 P-1 P-1 P-1 P-1 P-1 P-1 configuration FirstHC thickness μm 10.5 10.5 10.5 10.5 10.5 10.5 10.5 Second HC thicknessμm 10.5 10.5 10.5 10.5 10.5 10.5 10.5 Evaluation Abrasion resistance 1 FD A B D F F result Total light transmittance % 90.9 90.8 90.8 90.8 90.790.9 90.3 Haze % 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.6 1.0 0.5 0.5 Yellowness index 0.4 0.40.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 Minimum bending radius mm 40 40 40 40 40 40 45 Watercontact angle deg 70 116 118 118 119 119 116 Abrasion resistance 2 — B AA A E E Surface appearance X ⊚ ⊚ ⊚ X ⊚ ⊚ Cross-cut test Classifi-Classifi- Classifi- Classifi- Classifi- Classifi- Classifi- cation 0cation 0 cation 0 cation 0 cation 0 cation 0 cation 0 Cuttingprocessability ⊚-⊚ ⊚-⊚ ⊚-⊚ ⊚-⊚ ⊚-⊚ ⊚-⊚ ⊚-⊚ Pencil hardness 5H 6H 7H 7H6H 7H 7H

TABLE 3 Table 3: Results of measurement/evaluation of physicalproperties of hard coat laminated film Example 6S Example 8 Example 9Example 10 Example 11 First HC Type H1-1 H1-1 H1-1 H1-1 H1-1 (parts A-1100 100 100 100 100 by mass) A-2 — — — — — B-1 0.40 0.40 0.40 0.40 0.40B-2 0.042 0.042 0.042 0.042 0.042 B′-1 — — — — — E-1 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0E-2 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 E-3 120 120 120 120 120 E-4 — — — — — Second HCType H2-1 H2-1 H2-1 H2-1 H2-1 (parts A-1 100 100 100 100 100 by mass)A-2 — — — — — C-1 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 E-1 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 E-2 1.01.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 E-3 120 120 120 120 120 E-4 — — — — — Layer Transparentresin film P-1 P-1 P-1 P-1 P-2 configuration First HC thickness μm 4.08.0 12.0 20.0 10.5 Second HC thickness μm 4.0 8.0 12.0 20.0 10.5Evaluation Abrasion resistance 1 F D A A A result Total lighttransmittance % 91.1 90.9 90.8 90.7 90.8 Haze % 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4Yellowness index 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 Minimum bending radius mm 40 40 5070 40 Water contact angle deg 117 118 118 118 118 Abrasion resistance 2B A A A A Surface appearance ⊚ ⊚ ⊚ ⊚ ⊚ Cross-cut test Classification 0Classification 0 Classification 0 Classification 0 Classification 0Cutting processability ⊚-⊚ ⊚-⊚ ⊚-⊚ ⊚-⊚ ⊚-⊚ Pencil hardness 5H 6H 7H 7H7H

TABLE 4 Table 4: Results of measurement/evaluation of physicalproperties of hard coat laminated film Example 12 Example 13 Example 14Example 15 Example 16 First HC Type H1-1 H1-1 H1-1 H1-1 H1-1 (parts A-1100 100 100 100 100 by mass) A-2 — — — — — B-1 0.40 0.40 0.40 0.40 0.40B-2 0.042 0.042 0.042 0.042 0.042 B′-1 — — — — — E-1 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0E-2 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 E-3 120 120 120 120 120 E-4 — — — — — Second HCType H2-1 H2-1 H2-1 H2-1 H2-1 (parts A-1 100 100 100 100 100 by mass)A-2 — — — — — C-1 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 E-1 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 E-2 1.01.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 E-3 120 120 120 120 120 E-4 — — — — — Layer Transparentresin film P-3 P-4 P-5 P-6 P-7 configuration First HC thickness μm 10.510.5 10.5 10.5 10.5 Second HC thickness μm 10.5 10.5 10.5 10.5 10.5Evaluation Abrasion resistance 1 A A A E E result Total lighttransmittance % 90.8 90.8 90.9 90.6 90.9 Haze % 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.4Yellowness index 0.4 0.4 0.4 1.0 0.4 Minimum bending radius mm 40 40 7040 40 Water contact angle deg 118 118 118 118 118 Abrasion resistance 2A A A B C Surface appearance ⊚ ⊚ ⊚ ⊚ ⊚ Cross-cut test Classification 0Classification 0 Classification 0 Classification 0 Classification 0Cutting processability ⊚-⊚ ⊚-⊚ ⊚-⊚ ⊚-⊚ ⊚-⊚ Pencil hardness 7H 6H 6H 4H2H

These experimental results showed that the hard coat laminated filmsaccording to the various embodiments exhibited physical propertiessuitable for a display faceplate in an image display device with a touchpanel function.

In the test for (i) abrasion resistance 1 (resistance against steelwool) of the hard coat laminated film of Example 5S, when a test wasconducted in which the number of times of rubbing for the first time waschanged from 9000 cycles of reciprocation to 1000 cycles ofreciprocation, scratches already could be found after 1000 cycles ofreciprocation.

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-   -   1: First hard coat    -   2: First poly(meth)acrylimide resin layer (α1)    -   3: Aromatic polycarbonate resin layer (β)    -   4: Second poly(meth)acrylimide resin layer (α2)    -   5: Second hard coat    -   6: T-die    -   7: Melted film    -   8: First mirror-finished roll    -   9: Second mirror-finished roll    -   10: UV irradiator    -   11: Mirror-finished metal roll    -   12: Web    -   13: Holding angle

1. A hard coat laminated film comprising, in order from a surface layerside, a first hard coat and a transparent resin film layer, wherein thefirst hard coat is formed by a coating material comprising: (A) 100parts by mass of a multifunctional (meth)acrylate comprising 20 mass %or more of tripentaerythritol acrylate; and (B) 0.01 to 7 parts by massof a (meth)acryloyl group-containing fluoropolyether water repellent,and not containing inorganic particles; and wherein the thickness of thehard coat laminated film ranges from 5 to 60 μm.
 2. The hard coatlaminated film according to claim 1, wherein the (A) multifunctional(meth)acrylate comprising 20 mass % or more of tripentaerythritolacrylate is a mixture of tripentaerythritol acrylate; and at least oneselected from the group consisting of dipentaerythritol acrylate,monopentaerythritol acrylate, and polypentaerythritol acrylate.
 3. Thehard coat laminated film according to claim 1 satisfying the followingproperty (i): (i) the hard coat laminated film is placed on aGakushin-type tester in accordance with JIS L 0849:2013 so that thefirst hard coat is on the surface side, a steel wool of #0000 isattached to a rubbing finger of the Gakushin-type tester, a load of 500g is then applied, the surface of the first hard coat is reciprocatinglyrubbed 9000 times, and when the rubbed portion is visually observed, noscratch is found.
 4. The hard coat laminated film according to claim 1,wherein the transparent resin film is a transparent multilayer film witha first poly(meth)acrylimide resin layer (α1); an aromatic polycarbonateresin layer (β); and a second poly(meth)acrylimide resin layer (α2)directly laminated in this order.
 5. Use of the hard coat laminated filmaccording to claim 1 for a member in an image display device.
 6. Animage display device comprising the hard coat laminated film accordingto claim
 1. 7. The hard coat laminated film according to claim 2satisfying the following property (i): (i) the hard coat laminated filmis placed on a Gakushin-type tester in accordance with JIS L 0849:2013so that the first hard coat is on the surface side, a steel wool of#0000 is attached to a rubbing finger of the Gakushin-type tester, aload of 500 g is then applied, the surface of the first hard coat isreciprocatingly rubbed 9000 times, and when the rubbed portion isvisually observed, no scratch is found.
 8. The hard coat laminated filmaccording to claim 2, wherein the transparent resin film is atransparent multilayer film with a first poly(meth)acrylimide resinlayer (α1); an aromatic polycarbonate resin layer (β); and a secondpoly(meth)acrylimide resin layer (α2) directly laminated in this order.9. The hard coat laminated film according to claim 3, wherein thetransparent resin film is a transparent multilayer film with a firstpoly(meth)acrylimide resin layer (α1); an aromatic polycarbonate resinlayer (β); and a second poly(meth)acrylimide resin layer (α2) directlylaminated in this order.
 10. Use of the hard coat laminated filmaccording to claim 2 for a member in an image display device.
 11. Use ofthe hard coat laminated film according to claim 3 for a member in animage display device.
 12. Use of the hard coat laminated film accordingto claim 4 for a member in an image display device.
 13. An image displaydevice comprising the hard coat laminated film according to claim
 2. 14.An image display device comprising the hard coat laminated filmaccording to claim
 3. 15. An image display device comprising the hardcoat laminated film according to claim 4.